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“Telugu Proverb:
పరుగెత్తేవాణ్ని చూస్తే తరిమే వాడికి లోకువ”
— English Translation:
The man that runs away, is inferior to the man who follows him.

“Telugu Proverb:
పరుగెత్తుతూ పాలు తాగేకన్నా, నిలుచుండి నీళ్లు తాగడము మేలు”
— English Translation:
It’s better to stand and drink water, than to run and drink milk.A comfortable berth with a moderate salary, is better than a bad situation with a larger income.

“Telugu Proverb:
పరద్రవ్యాణి బెల్లవత్”
— English Translation:
The property of others is as sweet as molasses.Being liberal at others’ expence.To out large shiver of another man's loaf.

“Telugu Proverb:
పయిబడ్డ మాటా, మడి పడ్డ నీళ్లూ పోతవా”
— English Translation:
Will an accusation [be forgotten], will water which falls in a banked field escape ?Throw much dirt, and some will stick.An ill wound may be cured, but not an ill name.

“Telugu Proverb:
పయికము లేనివాడు పరస్త్రీ వర్జితుడు”
— English Translation:
A man without money is chaste.

“Telugu Proverb:
పప్పులేని పెండ్లీ వుప్పులేని కూరా వున్నదా”
— English Translation:
Is there a marriage without Dal, or a vegetable dressed with out salt?Said to a great friend whose presence at an entertainment is indispensable.

“Telugu Proverb:
పప్పుతో పది కబళాలు తింటే, పులుసు యెందుకు బుగ్గిలోకా”
— English Translation:
If one gets a few mouthfuls of rice with Dal, why should one want vegetables dressed with acid? To throw among the ashes?Said by an epicure.

“Telugu Proverb:
పప్పన్నమంటే పది ఆమడ అయినా పరుగెత్త వలెను”
— English Translation:
When we hear of D61 and rice we should run for it, even though it be hundred miles off.Said of a greedy Brahman.

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— English Translation:
If there is no Brahman within a hundred miles, I’ll conduct the sacrifice.An ignorant professor gets on well in the absence of the learned.

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— English Translation:
The jade who had nothing to do milked the cat.

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— English Translation:
When they asked what idle Pâpa Râzu was about, they were told that he was carving lines on a hare’s horn.

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— English Translation:
The barber without work shaved the cat’s head.A man pretending to be fully employed.

“Telugu Proverb:
పని చెయ్యనివాడు యింటికి దొంగ, పన్ను యివ్వనివాడు దివాణానకు దొంగ”
— English Translation:
A man who does not work robs the house, a man who pays no taxes robs the government.

“Telugu Proverb:
పని అంటే నా వొళ్లు భారగిస్తుంది, భోజనమంటే నా వొళ్లు పొంగి వస్తుంది”
— English Translation:
If you talk of work, my body becomes heavy; if you talk of dinner, my body swells [with delight].The trade of thick-headed Michael: eating, drinking, and idling. (Dutch)

“Telugu Proverb:
పదిమందిలో పడ్డపాము చావదు”
— English Translation:
A snake falling among a lot of people will not die.A bad man often escapes through the difference of opinion among others as to his guilt, as a snake does through the Hindu’s superstitious dread of killing it.

“Telugu Proverb:
పదిరాళ్లు వేస్తే వకరాయి అయినా తగలదా”
— English Translation:
If you throw ten stones, will not one hit?